Congressional Record
108th Congress (2003-2004)
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Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S249-S306
Measures Introduced:
Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 152-161, S.J. Res. 3, and S. Res. 18-19.
Page S288
Majority Committee Appointments:
Senate began consideration of S. Res. 18,
making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 108th Congress.
Pages S267-75, S276-83, S286
A motion was entered to close further debate on the resolution and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a cloture vote will occur on Thursday, January 16, 2003.
Page S286
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Earl Cruz Aguigui, of Guam, to be United States Marshal for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Marshal for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands for the term of four years.
Eugene James Corcoran, of New York, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York for the term of four years.
Allen Garber, of Minnesota, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. (New Position)
4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
Page S306
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S288-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S289-S305
Additional Statements:
Pages S287-88
Adjournment:
Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:08 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 15, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S306.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. AIRWAYS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine issues relative to the restructuring of U.S. Airways' employee pension plans, including a related proposal, S. 119, to provide special minimum funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, after receiving testimony from Steven A. Kandarian, Executive Director, and James J. Keightley, General Counsel, both of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; James C. Roddey, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; David N. Siegel, U.S. Airways, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association International, and Bill Pollock, U.S. Airways Master Executive Council, on behalf of Air Line Pilots Association, both of Washington, D.C.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Communications held hearings on competition issues in the telecommunications industry, including issues of digital migration, the role for regulators, and the deployment of broadband and other advanced services, receiving testimony from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Michael J. Copps, Kevin J. Martin, Jonathan S. Adelstein, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 8, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2003.
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
H.R. 11, to extend the national flood insurance program. Signed on January 13, 2003. (Public Law 108-3)
Committee on Armed Services:
to hold closed hearings to examine current and potential military operations; to be followed by a closed briefing on the Iraqi weapons inspection process by representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency, 10:15 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
Special Committee on Aging:
to hold hearings to examine certain Social Security issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
No Committee meetings are scheduled.
Program for Wednesday:
Senate will be in a period of morning business until 10:30 a.m. Senate expects to resume consideration of S. Res. 18, Majority Party Committee Appointments, and may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business.
Program for Monday:
To be announced.
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